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Journalists at independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta are in grave danger, after they exposed reports of the shocking treatment of more than 100 gay men in Chechnya, a Russian Republic in the North Caucasus. Leading Chechen authorities have since publicly called for the journalists to be punished. The paper has voiced fear for the safety of its staff. Continue reading →

This week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, to investigate reports that gay men are being violently persecuted in the Russian region of Chechnya.

The news comes after a petition was started by gay rights activist Igor, in Moscow. Disturbed by reports that gay men were being rounded up, tortured and killed in the region, he started campaigning for the Russian Government to investigate these reports.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel just said that marriage should only be “between a man and a woman”.

Chancellor Merkel, this statement makes second-class citizens of Germany’s committed gay and lesbian couples. 73% of Germans support marriage equality. Listen to them: give everyone in Germany the right to marry the person they love.

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